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Definition: DESIDERATE |
DESIDERATETransitive verb1. To desire; to feel the want of; to lack; to miss; to want. |
Date "DESIDERATE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1657. (references) |
Note: Desiderate \De*sid"er*ate\, transitive verb. [imperative past participle Desiderated; present participle verb or noun Desiderating.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Desire | Desiderate; sigh for, cry for, gape for, gasp for, pine for, pant for, languish for, yearn for, long, be on thorns for, hope for; aspire after; catch at, grasp at, jump at. |
Requirement | Stand in need of; lack; desiderate; desire; be necessary; Adjective: |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: DESIDERATE |
| English words defined with "DESIDERATE": Desiderated, Desiderating. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "DESIDERATE": Desideratum. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "DESIDERATE" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Italian (you all wish). |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
desiderate | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "DESIDERATE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | dëshiroj (aspire, care, choose, crave, desire, like, list, love, please, want, wish, wish for), nuk mjafton. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | تمنى (have one's wish, wish, wonder, would). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | желая (desire, like, list, want, will, wish, would), изисквам (call for, claim, command, demand, enforce, enjoin, exact, indicate, necessitate, postulate, require, take, want). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | postrádat (lack, miss, spare). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ל"שתוקק ל- (have a yen for, spoil for). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szükségét érzi valaminek. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | esiderateday desejar (ache, aspire, care, covet, crave, desire, fancy, have an eye for, hunger march, like, list, please wait a moment, will, wish), sentir a falta de. (various references) чувствовать отсутствие, желать приобрести. (various references) želeti nešto. (various references) querer (cherish, desire, feel like, like, live, love, please, want, will, wish, woollen), apetecer (attract, crave, love, lust for). (various references) sakna (be destitute of, be lacking in, lack, lack for, miss, regret, want), längta efter (ache, ache for, crave, long for, look forward to, yearn). (various references) відчувати брак. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "DESIDERATE": desiderated, desiderates. (additional references) | |
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"DESIDERATE" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: desciderata, desidarata, desiderada, desiderare, desidero, desiderta, desidertata, desidrata, desiredata, desiterata, disiderata. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "DESIDERATE" (pronounced 'De*sid"er*ate'): Abacinate, Abalienate, Aberrate, Aberuncate, Abirritate, Abjudicate, Abjugate, Ablactate, Ablaqueate, Abligate, Abnegate, Abnodate, Abominate, Abranchiate, Absinthate, Absinthiate, Absquatulate, Acaudate, Accelerate, Accentuate, Acclimate, Accorporate, Accriminate, Accurate, Acerbate, Acetate, Achlamydate, Acidulate, Activate, Aculeate, Aculeolate, Acutifoliate, Acutilobate, Adipocerate, Adjugate, Admarginate, Administrate, Adnate, Adrogate, Adulate, Adumbrate, Aerate, AEstivate, Affatuate, Affectionate, Affricate, Aggerate, Aggrate, Aggravate, Agitate. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-d-e-e-e-i-r-s-t" | |
-2 letters: deediest, deserted, disrated, eateries, readiest, reediest, reedited, reseated, seriated, steadied, steadier. | |
-3 letters: addrest, aeriest, aridest, astride, deadest, deaired, dearest, dearies, deedier, derated, derates, derides, desired, diaster, diester, dieters, disrate, eeriest, ideated, ideates, readied, readies, redated, redates, reddest, reedits, reested, resided, resited, sedated, sedater, seedier, seriate, staider, steaded, steered, tardies, tedders, teddies, tirades. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-d-e-e-e-i-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: desiderated, desiderates, rededicates. | |
+2 letters: desiderative, disheartened. | |
+3 letters: predesignated, predestinated. | |
+4 letters: daredeviltries, overadvertised, underestimated. | |
+5 letters: featherbeddings, kindheartedness. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 45 53 49 44 45 52 41 54 45 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. . ... .. -.. . .-. .- - . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01000101 01010011 01001001 01000100 01000101 01010010 01000001 01010100 01000101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D E S I D E R A T E |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0045 0053 0049 0044 0045 0052 0041 0054 0045 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)38395343383952355439 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Expressions: Internet | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Derivations 7. Rhymes 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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